What a Wild Day It's Been for the Word "Covfefe"

2017, everybody.

President Donald Trump is known for his unusually candid Twitter presence, but on Wednesday he took it up another notch. In the early morning hours, he tweeted out a typo that had many — far, far too many — people and news outlets actually trying to discern its meaning.

The day that followed was completely wild and showcased internet culture at its most inane. What even happened here?

12:06 a.m. Eastern. “Despite the constant negative press covfefe,” Trump writes in a tweet that has since been removed. Obviously he means to write “coverage” and continue the message, but he accidentally sends it before doing so.

Late night/early morning. People are making jokes and riffing off “covfefe” into the ether, with many even calling it “Trump’s ‘rosebud’,” in reference to Citizen Kane. “Covfefe” is trending on Twitter with the description “people are wondering what Trump meant,” as though there’s a range of possibilities.

Google Trends search data for "covfefe," where the value of 100 indicates its time of highest popularity.

5:48 a.m. Trump deletes the tweet.

6:09 a.m. Trump either trolls himself in an incredibly rare moment of self-effacing humor or attempts to cover up his blunder in the stupidest way possible:

4:14 p.m. At Recode’s Code Conference, Hillary Clinton comments on the word, joking, “I thought it was a hidden message to the Russians.” In response to Spicer’s statement, she adds, “You don’t have a high enough classification to know what ‘covfefe’ means.”

Wednesday night, if there is justice in this world. Everybody stops talking about “covfefe” and moves on to real issues.

Sure, we all need a breath of fresh air within the ceaseless intensity of politics these days, but do CNN and Fox anchors really need to spend precious minutes trying to figure out how to pronounce a typo?

And now there’s yet another article devoted to its coverage. Damn you, covfefe.